Tag Archives: flood protection

Think Now about the Unthinkable in US Disaster Management

Posted on November 9, 2025 by Christine Parisek

By Nicholas Pinter and David Conrad In a turbulent year for US disaster management, changes that seemed unthinkable a few months ago are now coming to pass.  California leaders should be planning proactive responses now. The California Flood Future Panel … Continue reading →

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Anticipating Increases in Flood Risk for Yolo County and its Native Fishes

Posted on January 26, 2025 by Christine Parisek

by Peter Moyle  Close relatives of mine live in Asheville, North  Carolina.  Retired professors, they chose to move there in part because of its pleasant climate. This quiet community was hit hard by Hurricane Helene, on September 27, 2024. The path the … Continue reading →

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Not All Flood Maps are Created Equal

Posted on December 8, 2024 by Christine Parisek

By Indumati Roychowdhury, Kallee Bareket-Shavit, Ryan Miller, and Nicholas Pinter For assessing flood risk in California, not all flood maps are created equal. We compared FEMA’s flood maps to independent modeling, including climate-informed flood risk. This comparison illustrates very different … Continue reading →

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New Baton Rouge flood map show limits of current risk and planning methods

Posted on August 28, 2016 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Nicholas Pinter, Nicholas Santos, Rui Hui, Kathleen Schaefer The flooding in Baton Rouge and surrounding areas of Louisiana is a major disaster, claiming an estimated 13 lives and displacing more than 100,000 people from their homes. The National Weather … Continue reading →

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Board game wakens Delta islanders on flood risks

Posted on November 18, 2013 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Wouter Jan Klerk and Ties Rijcken The California Delta is one of the world’s most complex water systems. As a group of five Dutch students from Delft University of Technology, we were eager to visit the diked islands, or … Continue reading →

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